Exquisite Quills Welcomes Tonya Ramagos!
EQ: Welcome to EQ!
Tell us a little bit about yourself!
Tonya: I live in
Harrison, Tennessee in a house full of chaos and fun. Between my honey and I,
we have 5 children ranging in ages from 19 to 3 years old and 4 cats that keep
everyday interesting. We never know what will happen next! Almost everything I
do is with the family…bike riding, hiking, fishing, trips to the drive-in, and
anything else we find to keep us entertained. Writing is my passion and I’m
thankful every day that I get to follow my dream. When I’m not writing or
hanging with the family, I love to curl up with a good book or go for a night
on the town playing darts.
EQ: What was your
defining moment as a writer?
Tonya: I attended my
first Romantic Times Convention in 2010 in Orlando, FL. I knew I had built a
following of readers during my career, but being recognized and actually having
them come up to me in person was the moment I really realized I was reaching
and entertaining readers with my books.
EQ: What are your
top three guilty pleasures?
Tonya: Chocolate.
Almost anything is better with chocolate except my waistline.
Spider Solitaire. I
spend way too much time playing that game when I should be writing.
Smoking. Yep, I
confess. I smoke. I quit for 4 years and stupidly started back. It’s by far my
worst guilty pleasure, but I will give it up again.
EQ: What is the
biggest risk you’ve taken in your writing?
Tonya: I would have
to say it was the choice I made in 1999 to focus on ebook publishers rather
than the traditional print houses. Back then, ebook publishing was totally new
and wasn’t expected to last. I disagreed, understanding the way technology was
already taking over our lives. Despite tons of advice and criticism, I stuck
with it and have never regretted it.
EQ: Tell us a little
bit about your most recent release.
Tonya: Safe and Coasting with Ecstasy is book 2 of The
Heroes of Silver Island series. This series is a spinoff of sorts from my
well-known The Heroes of Silver Springs series. Silver Island is located off
the coast of Silver Springs. It is an island that caters to people in ménage
relationships. Kimberly Bevel is the heroine in Safe and Coasting with Ecstasy.
She’s found her place on Silver Island. In a
community where ménage relationships are the norm, all she’s missing is the love
of two super-sexy hunks to complete her paradise. When she meets Coast Guard
Petty Officers Emmett "Mett" and Charlie Doyle, she knows she’s found
the men she wants, even if the brothers aren’t eager to share.
Mett and Charlie have been
equally attracted to women before, but Kimberly is the first neither have been
willing to walk away from. There’s little more important to Mett than a woman’s
happiness, and he knows exactly how to deliver it. Charlie isn’t as suave as
Mett, but he’s got a few moves up his sleeve.
While the brothers go
head-to-head in their efforts to win Kimberly’s heart, she looks for a way to
keep them both. But when she becomes the target of a madman, she may need Mett
and Charlie to do more than keep her bed warm at night.
Find Tonya Ramagos here:
Website: http://www.tonyaramagos.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tonya.ramagos
Siren-BookStrand: http://www.bookstrand.com/tonya-ramagos
Enjoy these other titles by Tonya Ramagos:
The Heroes of Silver Island:
Safe and Burning with Ecstasy
(coming January 31, 2014)
For a complete list of other titles,
please visit http://www.bookstrand.com/tonya-ramagos
3 comments:
From Jane Leopold Quinn
I congratulate you, Tonya, for your serieses (is that a word?). Stories about people living on an island have gazillions of possibilities. Thanks for being here today.
Tonya,
I couldn't agree more with your statement, "...Back then, ebook publishing was totally new and wasn’t expected to last. I disagreed, understanding the way technology was already taking over our lives. Despite tons of advice and criticism, I stuck with it and have never regretted it." I started out in the ebook publishing world against the advice of every writer's group I'd joined, and I've never regretted it. Ebooks were considered the bastards of publishing and not to be taken seriously. Then came this new (gasp) idea that authors could Indie-publish (self-publish in its early days) that replaced ebooks as the undesirable aspect of publishing society. Bwahahaha! The laugh is certainly on the 'them' who were looking down their collective noses at both ebooks and Indies.
On your Silver Springs stories...I like your plot device of having a 'triples' get-away island that caters to menage relationships. Niffy idea.
Thanks for your comments, Jane and Kaye. My sincerest apologies for not responding yesterday. I got caught up in a day of heavy writing and forgot the interview was going live. :(
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